Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Orphan

If you loved The Orphan, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Nightmare

Nightmare

1964★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphan for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A young woman is plagued by nightmares of her asylum-patient mother. Upon returning to her family home, the nightmares become real when she sees a strange woman pacing the halls....

#2
Cobweb

Cobweb

2023★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphan for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Eight year old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tapping from inside his bedroom wall—one that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter's fear intensifies, h...

#3
Saint Catherine

Saint Catherine

2024★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphan for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An orphaned girl is rescued from a satanic ritual and taken to Saint Catherine Institute for homeless youth. There she will learn new skills while facing demons that stalk her....

#4
Boarding School

Boarding School

2018★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphan for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When troubled 12-year-old Jacob Felsen is sent away to boarding school, he enters every kid’s worst nightmare: a creepy old mansion, deserted except for six other teenage misfits a...

#5
Whistle

Whistle

2026★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphan for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it em...

#6
No One Gets Out Alive

No One Gets Out Alive

2021★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphan for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An immigrant in search of the American dream is forced to take a room in a boarding house and soon finds herself in a nightmare from which she can't escape....

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